Madeleine Riffaud

Madeleine Riffaud
Riffaud in 1944
Born	(1924-08-23)23 August 1924 Arvillers, France
Died	6 November 2024(2024-11-06) (aged 100) Paris, France
Occupations	Resistance fighter Writer Journalist War correspondent
Works	Le Poing Fermé On l'appelait Rainer
Awards	Ordre national du Mérite Friendship Medal of Vietnam

Madeleine Riffaud (23 August 1924 – 6 November 2024) was a French poet, journalist and war correspondent. She fought in the French Resistance during World War II. After World War II she reported on the Algerian War for the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, and then worked in Vietnam for the Viet Cong resistance for seven years.

Her first poetry collection, Le Poing Fermé (The Clenched Fist), including poems written in prison, was published in 1945. A memoir giving them context, On l'appelait Rainer (Called Rainer), appeared in 1994.